Lot 532
  • 532

Vik Muniz (b. 1961)

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Vik Muniz (b. 1961)
  • White Noise (Nurses), 1990-91
  • signed and numbered '50/50' on the exterior of the portfolio
  • 9 gelatin silver prints encased in a paper portfolio
  • Each Sheet: 11 by 8 1/2 in. (27.9 by 21.6 cm.); Portfolio: 3/8 by 11 3/4 by 9 in. (1 by 29.8 by 22.9 cm.)
  • Portfolio: 3/8 by 11 3/4 by 9 in. 1 by 29.8 by 22.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1990-91, this work is number 50 from an edition of 50, published by Me Editions, New York.
9 gelatin silver prints encased in a paper portfolio; signed and numbered '50/50on the exterior of the portfolio

Provenance

White Columns, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991

Literature

Pedro Corrêa do Lago, ed., 'Vik Muniz: Obra Completa, 1987-2009, Catálogo Raisonné', Rio de Janeiro, 2009, p. 98, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The loose prints are contained within the portfolio. There is some very light wear at the extreme corners of a few of the prints and some scattered, pinpoint surface accretions on a few prints as well. There is some light wear and pale time staining to the portfolio case exterior. All of the prints come unframed and encased in a portfolio.
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